E. Coli Vaccine to be Released by Canadian Company
Officials have yet to identify the cause of a recent outbreak of E. coli in Germany, but The Globe and Mail reports that a Canadian company is set to release a vaccine on the mass market that would enable cows to produce antibodies against the harmful bacteria. The vaccine, created by Bioniche Life Sciences, produces antibodies that block the proteins created by E. coli. This prevents the...
Read MoreAg Spending Bill Stops Implementation of GIPSA Rule
In its passage Tuesday of the fiscal 2012 agriculture appropriations bill that will fund the Agriculture Department and related agencies, the House Appropriations Committee also approved a number of amendments important to farmers and ranchers. The committee included language in its bill that would prevent USDA from implementing a proposed rule on livestock and poultry marketing. The ag funding...
Read MoreFarmers Double Corn Production Using Less Fertilizer
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) announced Tuesday that between 1980 and 2010, U.S. farmers nearly doubled corn production using slightly fewer fertilizer nutrients than were used in 1980. The announcement is based on fertilizer application rate data released last week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Specifically, in 1980, farmers grew 6.64 billion bushels of corn using 3.9...
Read MoreWashington Update
Yesterday there was action in Washington as policy makers turned an eye towards agriculture. The House Appropriations Committee met to consider the FY 2012 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Under this bill, the agencies will receive a total of $125.5 billion in funding. This is a reduction of more than $7 billion from the...
Read MoreLegislative Tracking 2013
